The Big East’s All-Conference teams were released Thursday morning, and the Rutgers football team is well represented.

Khaseem Greene was named Big East Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season, earning the award outright after leading the league with 125 tackles and ranking among the conference leaders in sacks (5.5), tackles-for-loss (10.5), passes defended (7), interceptions (2), fumbles forced (6) and fumbles recovered (2). The first Big East player since Virginia Tech’s Corey Moore in 1998 and 1999 to repeat as the conference’s top defensive player, Greene keyed a Rutgers unit that ranks fourth nationally in scoring defense (14.3 ppg).

Kyle Flood was named the Coach of the Year, sharing the award with Louisville’s Charlie Strong. Flood, whose Scarlet Knights (9-3) earned a share of the program’s first Big East title along with Louisville, Syracuse and Cincinnati, will lead his team into a meeting with Virginia Tech in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Dec. 28 (5:30 p.m., ESPN) at the Florida Citrus Bowl.

Regarded as one of the nation’s best cover corners, Ryan lived up to his billing as a Thorpe Award candidate by becoming the only player in the country with at least 85 tackles, four interceptions and 18 passes defended. The South Jersey product ranked first in the Big East with 18 passes defended, second with four interceptions, and ranked 12th nationally with 14 pass breakups.

Vallone goes into the bowl game with a streak of 50 consecutive starts — the longest active streak in the Big East — and he is the only defensive player in the country to record 50 or more straight starts. The defensive lineman leads Rutgers with 12.5 tackles-for-loss among his 50 stops.

Harmon earned a spot on the Big East’s first-team for the second straight year after recording 39 tackles, an interception, fumble recovery and five pass breakups in 12 starts. The Delaware native is one of 10 finalists nationally for both the ARA Sportsmanship and Senior CLASS awards and one of 50 semifinalists at the NCAA FBS level for the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award.

Lowery started all 12 games at left guard, and it’s believed he allowed only one sacks for a much-improved offensive line.

A Freshman All-American last season, Johnson helped anchor a Rutgers offensive line that yielded a Big East-low eight sacks and paved the way for Jamison’s 1,000-yard campaign.

Jamison became Rutgers’ first rusher since Ray Rice in 2007 to topple the 1,000-yard plateau in a season, finishing third in the Big East with 1,054 yards and scoring four touchdowns on the ground.

Coleman was among the Big East’s most dangerous big-play threats, recording 39 receptions for 663 yards and scoring a league-best 10 TD catches.

Flood is the third Rutgers skipper since Rutgers joined the Big East in 1991 to earn Coach of the Year honors, and the first since Greg Schiano earned the accolade in 2006.

For Flood — the 11th coach in Rutgers’ 143-year history to record a winning campaign in his first season — the award kicks in a $25,000 bonus. Flood, who already earned $25,000 for leading Rutgers to a non-BCS bowl bid and $50,000 for guiding the Scarlet Knights to a share of the Big East crown, would become the first rookie coach in Rutgers history to win 10 games if the Scarlet Knights triumph over Virginia Tech in the Russell Athletic Bowl.

Louisville sophomore quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was named the Big East’s Offensive Player of the Year, Temple senior Matt Brown drew the special teams accolade and Temple linebacker Tyler Matakevich was the top rookie.